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Grocery stores in Knox County, OH
How Knox County, OH compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,060 of 2,070 scored counties
#55 of 82 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 19
- 5 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $140.6M
- On groceries · $5,984 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.4M
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.1
- 19% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 64,002
- +1.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Knox County comes to about $140.6M a year: $5,984 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. Spread across 19 grocery stores, that is $7.4M per store, 20% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
There are 19 grocery stores on map listings in Knox County as of September 2026. 5 of them (26%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That is 8.1 per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 6.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Knox County was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 2,349 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Knox County grew 1.9% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Knox County scores 49 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery stores, ranking #1,060 of 2,070 scored counties and #55 of 82 scored counties in Ohio.
How Knox County compares
The same measures for Ohio and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the grocery stores counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Knox County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.1 | 6.1 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $7.4M | $9.8M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,349 | 2,569 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.7% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.9% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,984 | $5,967 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $73,878 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 345
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 195 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Knox County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Knox County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 64,002+1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 23,491
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 526 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 120
- Median household income
- $73,878+27.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,322
- Median home value
- $239,400
- Jobs located here
- 19,622
- Daytime population
- 59,569Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Delaware County, OH | 96 | 33 | 4.0 | $18.2M | +12.5% | #8 of 2,070 |
| 2Union County, OH | 94 | 11 | 4.5 | $15.1M | +16.5% | #23 of 2,070 |
| 3Fairfield County, OH | 91 | 25 | 4.1 | $15.4M | +6.5% | #47 of 2,070 |
| 4Warren County, OH | 89 | 35 | 3.8 | $18.1M | +5.7% | #59 of 2,070 |
| 5Clermont County, OH | 86 | 32 | 3.8 | $16.7M | +3.9% | #95 of 2,070 |
| 6Licking County, OH | 86 | 27 | 3.9 | $16M | +3.8% | #97 of 2,070 |
| 7Medina County, OH | 85 | 25 | 3.4 | $19.1M | +1.3% | #107 of 2,070 |
| 8Miami County, OH | 85 | 16 | 3.6 | $17.1M | +3.4% | #108 of 2,070 |
| 9Greene County, OH | 84 | 31 | 4.5 | $14M | +3.7% | #121 of 2,070 |
| 10Madison County, OH | 83 | 8 | 5.1 | $12.3M | +7.1% | #141 of 2,070 |
| 55Knox County, OH | 49 | 19 | 8.1 | $7.4M | +1.9% | #1,060 of 2,070 |
Other business types in Knox County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores63
- Grocery stores49
- Convenience stores66
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many grocery stores are in Knox County, OH?
As of September 2026, map listings count 19 grocery stores in Knox County. 5 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
How much do households in Knox County, OH spend on groceries?
About $140.6M a year, or $5,984 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $7.4M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,491 households in Knox County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Knox County, OH compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Knox County has 8.1 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $7.4M, 20% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Knox County would have about 15, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,349 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is Knox County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Knox County at 64,002 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,491 households. The median household income in Knox County is $73,878 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.9% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Knox County scores 49 for grocery stores (lower middle), #1,060 of 2,070 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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